Abstract
The influence of flow on the fiber orientation in injection molding of short-fiber composites leads to both anisotropy and inhomogeneity of the mechanical response. An anisotropic elasto-viscoplastic constitutive model is developed to capture the anisotropic and time-dependent behavior and plasticity controlled failure of short-fiber composites. This model will be numerically implemented in a 3D framework and will be evaluated through simulation of the demonstrator problems.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 14 Dec 2017 |
Bibliographical note
This research forms part of the research programme ofDPI, project #786ft15.
Keywords
- Short-fiber composites
- Injection molding
- Constitutive model
- Computational Mechanics
- Plasticity